The New York Times thinks so. Politico does, too. However, the real lesson of Tom Suozzi’s restoration to the House in a special election last night seems much more prosaic: Electing a fraud has consequences in the next election. And it might be even less than that, and more of a district just reverting to its norm.
Suozzi won the special election for NY-03 last night, made necessary by the expulsion of former Rep. George Santos over fraud allegations connected to his 2022 campaign. Suozzi had retired after three terms to make an unsuccessful run for governor in that same cycle, but came back to finish up Santos’ term.
The race in the D+2 district wasn’t terribly close, but it wasn’t a blowout either. Suozzi defeated Mazi Pilip 53.9% to 46.1%, at least as of the count early this morning. Assuming that gap doesn’t expand, it’s not even Suozzi’s most impressive performance in…
